2017-2018 University Catalog 
    
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PHYS 295 - Intermediate Special Topics in Physics


Credits: 3


Prerequisite: Vary with topic. Intermediate work in nuclear physics, optics, photonics, condensed matter, complex systems, nanotechnology, astrophysics, computational physics, or other topics according to faculty expertise and student interest. May be repeated for degree credit for a maximum of six credits with permission and if the topics are different.

Fall 2017, PHYS 295A-01: Intermediate Special Topics: Applications of Physics to Social Sciences (3). Prerequisites: PHYS 112 and MATH 102. An interdisciplinary introduction to the innovative fields of sociophysics and econophysics. Using physics methods and computer simulations, students study a variety of topics such as agent-based models for socio-economic communities; opinion propagation of brands or political preferences; voter models; social networks; crowd control and traffic models; and big-data pattern recognition models. This course includes traditional lectures as well as workshops and computational labs, individual and group research projects, and seminars given by invited speakers. Mazilu, I.




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